found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed February 17, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Kufuor, John; Kofi Diawuo; president, politician; born 08 December, 1938 in Asante New Town, Kumasi, Ghana; received BA degree, Oxford University's Exeter College (1964); baptized in the Anglican Church, later converted to Roman Catholicism; was head of Okomfo Anokye Chambers (1967-1969) and town clerk of Kumasi (1969); was elected member of Parliament for the Atwima Nwabagya Constituency (1969); was member of the Progress Party (PP), appointed as deputy minister for foreign affairs (1969-1972); deputy minority leader, Third Republic, minority spokesperson on Foreign Affairs on behalf of Popular Front Party; formed New Patriotic Party (NPP) (1992); elected two-term president of Republic of Ghana (2001-2008); was chosen to lead the fifty-three- member African Union (2007); was named World Food Program (WFP) global ambassador against hunger; became member of Netherlands Development Organization (SNV) International Advisory Board (2009))